The Innocents (Norwegian: De uskyldige) is a 2021 Norwegian supernatural thriller film written and directed by Eskil Vogt.[3] In July 2021, the film premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard section.[4][5]
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Directed by | Eskil Vogt |
Written by | Eskil Vogt |
Produced by | Maria Ekerhovd |
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Cinematography | Sturla Brandth Grøvlen |
Edited by | Jens Christian Fodstad |
Music by | Pessi Levanto |
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Distributed by | IFC Midnight (United States) |
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Running time | 118 minutes[1] |
Country | Norway |
Language | Norwegian |
Box office | $222,188[2] |
The Innocents had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard section, in July 2021.[4][5] It later screened at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, in September 2021.[5][6] Earlier that same month, the film's U.S. distribution rights were acquired by IFC Midnight.[5]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 111 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.60/10. The website's consensus reads, "The Innocents chillingly subverts the purity of youth in a powerfully acted thriller that lingers long after the credits roll."[7] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 79 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8][9]
Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "low-tech, high-tension", writing that "The lonely, uncanny and sometimes unthinkingly violent world of childhood is explored with chilling candor and exceptional skill".[10] Jessica Kiang of Variety praised the performances of the child actors as well as the film's atmosphere, calling the film "both a satisfying genre exercise and a minute observation of the process by which young children acquire morality."[11] Sight & Sound's Anton Bitel wrote that the film "uses its genre frame to show the connectedness, curiosity and cruelty of its young characters, and also asks whether the inevitable loss of innocence at this age is a slate that can ever simply be cleaned."[12]
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